Three Little Birds Bass

THREE LITTLE BIRDS (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers
(From the 1977 Album EXODUS)
 
Words and Music by Bob Marley
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Aston "Family Man" Barrett - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=76
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E Q  E E E E   S S S S Q  E S S S S E   E E Q  E E E E
|----------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|
|----------|----------------|----------------7---7---|----------------|
|----------|----------7---7-|--------------9---9---9-|----------7---7-|
|----------|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5-5----------------|-5-5-5------9---|
 
 
                           Chorus
  S S S S Q  E S S S S E    E E Q  E E E E   S S S S Q  E E E E
|----------------2---2---||----------------|--------------------|
|--------------4---4---4-||----------------|--------------------|
|------------------------||----------7---7-|--------------7---7-|
|-5-5-5-5----------------||-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5-5-5------9---|
 
 
  E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------7---7-|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5------9---|----------7---7-|----------7---7-|----------7---7--|
|----------------|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5------9----|
 
 
                                         1st & 2nd Verses
  E E Q  E S S S S E   E E Q  E E E E     S S S S Q  S S S S Q
|------------2---2---|----------------||------------------------|
|----------4---4---4-|----------------||o-----------------------|
|-5-5-5--------------|----------7---7-||o-----------------------|
|--------------------|-5-5-5------9---||--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|
 
 
  S S S S Q  E E E E   S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S E E E S S S S E
|--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------2---2---|
|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------4---4---4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7----7---7-|-----------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
|----------------9---|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|-------------------------|
 
 
  S S S S Q  S S S S Q    S S S S Q  S S S S E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-6-|-5-------3-4-2-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--|------------------------|---5-5-5---------|
 
 
                 Chorus
  +H.      E E    E E Q  +E  E E E   S S S S Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
|--------------||------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||------------------|--------------------|----------7---7--|
|-(0)----------||------------7---7-|--------------7---7-|-5-5-5------9----|
|----------0-4-||-5-5-5--(5)---9---|-5-5-5-5-5------9---|-----------------|
 
 
  E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E S S S S E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------2---2----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------4---4---4--|
|----------7---7-|----------7---7-|----------7---7-|-5-5-5---------------|
|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5------9---|---------------------|
 
 
                                      Out-Chorus
  1.                2.
  E E Q  E E E E     E E Q  E E E E    E E Q  E E E E
|-----------------||----------------||----------------|
|----------------o||----------------||----------------|
|----------7---7-o||----------7---7-||----------7---7-|
|-5-5-5------9----||-5-5-5------9---||-5-5-5------9---|
 
 
  S S S S Q  E E E E   E E Q  E S S S S E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
|--------------------|------------2---2---|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------4---4---4-|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------7---7-|-5-5-5--------------|----------7---7-|----------7---7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5------9---|--------------------|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5------9----|
 
 
  S S S S Q  E E E E   E E Q  E S S S S E   E E Q  E E E E
|--------------------|------------2---2---|-----------------|
|--------------------|----------4---4---4-|-----------------|
|--------------7---7-|-5-5-5--------------|----------7---7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5------9---|--------------------|-5-5-5------9----|
 
 
  E E Q  E E E E   S S S S Q  E E E E   E E Q  E S S S S E
|----------------|--------------------|------------2---2----*|
|----------------|--------------------|----------4---4---4--*|
|----------7---7-|--------------7---7-|-5-5-5---------------*|
|-5-5-5------9---|-5-5-5-5-5------9---|---------------------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X